Chicago postpunks Ne-Hi split in May 2019, and since then guitarist-singer Mikey Wells has expanded his palette of delightful pop hooks in two standout projects: Spun Out, which is indie dance oriented, and Flamingo Rodeo, which plays choogle rock a la 1970s AM radio. On Flamingo Rodeo’s new album, Pontoon (due this month on Shuga […]
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Spun Out make their case for Chicago indie-pop canonization
Ne-Hi formed in 2013 and subsequently became one of the most revered Chicago indie-rock bands of the decade. The four-piece called it quits in May 2019, but I imagine their reputation will only keep growing—partly because all four members continue to play in remarkable groups. Jason Balla always juggled a few projects while in Ne-Hi, […]
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Dehd focus their sound and their hearts on the new Flower of Devotion
Chicago trio Dehd add studio polish and hard life lessons to their fusion of postpunk and garage folk.
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YouTube-famous Blue Line busker Ashley Stevenson drops her first studio album
YouTube-famous Blue Line busker Ashley Stevenson drops her first studio album, dirt-rock ragers Hitter release their debut full-length, and more.
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Three-fourths of Ne-Hi switch gears as Spun Out
Three-fourths of Ne-Hi switch gears as Spun Out, J Bambii’s Brown Skin Lady Show throws an anniversary party on a boat, and more.
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Ne-Hi side project Flamingo Rodeo debuts its first music video
Mikey Wells’s other band releases an easygoing, summery video to match its breezy guitar-pop sound.
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Pedro the Lion at Thalia Hall, and more things to do this weekend
Pedro the Line, James Brandon Lewis, and more recommended concerts and events this weekend
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The Millennium Park Summer Music Series announces its 2018 lineup
This year’s Millennium Park summer series has one-third fewer concerts than the 2017 version—but on the plus side, some of them are great.
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Hideout talent buyer Sullivan Davis on a thriving new progressive community in Hyde Park
Current musical obsessions of Ne-Hi guitarist Jason Balla, Hideout talent buyer Sullivan Davis, and Reader music listings wrangler Luca Cimarusti
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The Reader’s takes on the 2017 Pitchfork Music Festival
Our preview package covers Solange and the breadth of black cultural expression, Jeff Rosenstock and Pitchfork’s relationship to DIY, Survive and music media’s infatuation with prestige TV, and much more.
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Chicago summers according to the Chicagoans at Pitchfork
The locals playing Pitchfork—including Jamila Woods, Derrick Carter, and Mike Kinsella—talk about the city’s best summer music.
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Wear orange to Pitchfork to join in the fight against gun violence
Pitchfork Music Festival joins Mothers Against Senseless Killings and Everytown for Gun Safety in its community outreach this year.
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Amazing, dreamlike photos of Saba, Noname, Ne-Hi and more at SXSW
Photographer Brittany Sowacke uses double exposures and prisms to give her concert shots an otherworldly beauty.
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On the new Offers Ne-Hi edge away from their garage genesis toward pop majesty
On their second full-length, Offers (Grand Jury), Chicago sweethearts Ne-Hi take poppy indie rock and elevate it to new levels of grandeur. Formed in 2013 by four college friends at the now-defunct DIY space Animal Kingdom, Ne-Hi released their self-titled debut via Manic Static the next year, building a beautiful, fuzzy racket by smearing sweeping […]
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Comedian Nicholas Rouley on Birdcloud’s shit-kickin’ straight talk
Current musical obsessions of stand-up comics Nicholas Rouley and Stephanie Hasz and Reader music staffer Luca Cimarusti